#abc of reading

[macrolit]

Literature is news that stays news.

Ezra Pound

[macrolit]

Spotlight on Ezra Pound

[sandwich2451]

ABC OF READING ★★☆☆☆

"Victorian halfwits claimed that this poem was obscure"

i must agree with the victorians pound. this poem is obscure and unneeded. moreso its unneeded in this - what, essay? poetry bundle?

how do you write 60 pages of content and then decide the rest will be 90% poetry and 10% you hating on sonnets??? the victorians are write pound you dont need 6 pages of poems straight without any commentary. i am not having a good time here

im fairly sure pound decided to write an anthology of his favorite poets but then stuck a prologue to it to explain his poor choices

[macrolit]

And Ezra Pound? Do you have any of his books? I recommend you "A, B C of reading"...

Just these ones. Thanks! I’ll be on the lookout for A B C of Reading. :D

[sunshinemoonbeam]

You can spot the bad critic when he starts by discussing the poet and not the poem.

Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading

[sunshinemoonbeam]

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who INSIST on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading

[sunshinemoonbeam]

There is the language made to be SPOKEN, perhaps even to be ranted.

Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading

[sunshinemoonbeam]

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading